{"id":"engineai-pm01","manufacturer":"EngineAI","model":"PM01","country":"CN","description":"PM01 is a lightweight bipedal humanoid about 1.4 m tall from EngineAI of Shenzhen. It is sold as an open platform for universities, developers and service businesses, and drew attention for its RMB 88,000 launch price and a front-flip video.","catalog_status":"preorder","specifications":{"height_cm":138,"weight_kg":44,"payload_kg":null,"dof":24,"speed_ms":null,"battery_h":null},"capabilities":["run","obstacle","recover"],"source":{"url":"https://www.engineai.com.cn","verified_at":null,"verified_fields":[],"review_status":"requires_current_source_check"},"evidence":{"manufacturer_review":null,"mera_field_test":{"status":"not_published","report_url":null,"measured_at":null},"verification_note":"A manufacturer documentation check does not verify field performance, inventory or MERA compatibility."},"knowledge":{"summary":"PM01 is a lightweight bipedal humanoid about 1.4 m tall from EngineAI of Shenzhen. It is sold as an open platform for universities, developers and service businesses, and drew attention for its RMB 88,000 launch price and a front-flip video.","sections":[{"h":"History and launch","p":["EngineAI was founded in October 2023. It showed the full-size SE01, with a human-like gait, in October 2024, and opened global sales of PM01 on December 24, 2024.","PM01 came in commercial and education versions, both priced at RMB 88,000 (about $12,000) until March 31, 2025. EngineAI promoted it with a front somersault video and called it the first humanoid to do one."]},{"h":"Design and hardware","p":["The 2026 edition measures 140 × 54 × 25 cm and weighs about 44 kg with battery (launch materials said 1.38 m and about 40 kg). It has 24 powered joints: 6 per leg, 5 per arm, 1 in the waist and 1 in the neck. The waist turns more than 300° (320° in launch materials).","EngineAI's own joint modules use permanent-magnet synchronous motors and crossed roller bearings, reaching 164 Nm peak torque and 145 Nm/kg torque density. The frame is aircraft-grade aluminium with forced-air cooling.","Top speed is over 2 m/s. A quick-swap battery lasts about 2 hours and recharges in 2 hours. Perception relies on two wide-angle stereo cameras (head and waist); the Navigation edition adds 3D LiDAR. A chest touchscreen with a ring light serves for interaction."]},{"h":"Software and AI","p":["Motion comes from an end-to-end neural network trained in simulation on optical motion-capture data with adversarial learning. Compute is an 8-core CPU plus an NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX 16 GB.","EngineAI provides low-level hardware interfaces, open-source training (reinforcement learning) and deployment code, and a ROS deployment framework."]},{"h":"Deployments","p":["PM01 targets research, education, commercial service and demos. In a Laifen store in Shenzhen it served customers at a hair-drying station. The Robot Report wrote in late 2024 that EngineAI had delivered nearly 100 robots in five months."]},{"h":"Company","p":["EngineAI Robotics Technology is headquartered in Shenzhen. Besides PM01 it makes the full-size SE01 and T800 humanoids, the SA01 biped platform, the S2 service robot and the JS01 quadruped. It raised seed funding in August 2024."]},{"h":"Price and availability","p":["The RMB 88,000 launch price ended on March 31, 2025. Current prices come from EngineAI and its distributors; Education and Navigation editions are offered."]}],"timeline":[["2023-10","EngineAI founded in Shenzhen"],["2024-08","Seed round"],["2024-10","SE01 humanoid unveiled"],["2024-12","PM01 global sales start at RMB 88,000"],["2025-03","Launch price ends"]],"faq":[["How much does the EngineAI PM01 cost?","RMB 88,000 (about $12,000) at launch, until March 31, 2025; later prices are higher and depend on edition and reseller."],["How tall and heavy is PM01?","About 1.4 m and 44 kg with battery (2026 edition)."],["Can PM01 do a flip?","Yes, EngineAI published a video of it doing a front somersault."],["What is PM01's battery life?","About 2 hours, with a 2-hour charge."],["Is PM01 open for developers?","Yes, with low-level interfaces and open-source training and deployment code."]],"sources":[{"title":"PM01 product page and specifications","publisher":"EngineAI","url":"https://en.engineai.com.cn/product-pm01.html","date":"2026-10"},{"title":"About EngineAI","publisher":"EngineAI","url":"https://en.engineai.com.cn/about.html","date":"2026-10"},{"title":"EngineAI releases PM01 humanoid robot for commercial, educational use","publisher":"The Robot Report","url":"https://www.therobotreport.com/engineai-releases-pm01-humanoid-robot-for-commercial-educational-use/","date":"2024-12-27"}],"updated":"2026-10-10"},"mera":{"rental_with_operator":false,"sale_in_offer":false,"availability":"confirmation_required","shop_url":null},"url":"https://merarobotics.com/blog/humanoids/engineai-pm01","inquiry_url":"https://merarobotics.com/en/start?service=purchase&robot=engineai-pm01"}